These Trailblazing Women Shaped Tech and So Can You

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Last Updated: March 20, 2020

Flatiron School is proud to celebrate Women's History Month. Every voice needs to be heard in tech. By launching diversity initiatives and enabling the pursuit of a better life through education, we're changing tech and the world.

Tech would be very different, and worse off, without women. Unfortunately, much of their work has gone unrecognized. Where would we be without Ada Lovelace, the English mathematician many consider to be the first computer programmer? She created one of the first algorithms and her work was a revolution in thought.

The word "computer" was once a term for human mathematicians. Men dominated the field, but a new wave of women computers helped change the world. The "Harvard Computers" shaped our understanding of astronomy. Williamina Fleming, Annie Jump Cannon, Mary Anna Draper, and Antonia Maury were among the women who catalogued the stars and helped map the universe.

Grace Hopper was a pioneering computer programmer who helped develop the first commercial computer. Joan Clarke was a codebreaker who worked alongside Alan Turing to crack the Enigma Code.

Women at NASA made manned spaceflight a reality. Katherine Johnson's calculations of orbital mechanics were used to launch manned missions. Margaret Hamilton developed the on-board flight software used in the Apollo missions.

More recently, women have shaped video game design, the internet, and programming languages. Women like Anita Borg were tireless champions for inclusion. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Flatiron School created an infographic to highlight a few of the many women who have changed tech. We're proud to continue their legacy by developing an educational institution that welcomes everyone and empowers underrepresented groups to join tech.

Trailblazing women in tech

Since being founded in 2012, we've tried to do our part to help women become software engineers, data scientists, and UX/UI designers. Our online immersive programs have already achieved gender parity while our NYC immersive courses are above industry standards.

Our alumni have gone on to change their lives and the tech industry. Remmy was a lawyer from Sydney who's now creating an impact as a software engineer. Patti retains her creative spirit while working with code. Flatiron School graduates have also gone on to jobs at Apple, Kickstarter, and the New York Times, to name a few.

We want to do even more and that's why from March 19th to March 31st, women who apply to Flatiron School's Trailblazers Scholarship for our immersive (in-person) Software Engineering, Data Science, or UX/UI Design courses are eligible to receive up to a $1000 scholarship.

We have a long way to go to establish gender parity in tech. But, as history has shown, anything is possible when women are involved.


This post was sponsored by Flatiron School. To learn more about Flatiron School visit flatironschool.com or check out their reviews on SwitchUp

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